Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Mary Talbert
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Mary B. Talbert (1866-1923)
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Virgil Garnett Trice Jr. (1926-1997)
Sarah J. Garnet
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Sarah J. Smith Tompkins Garnet (1831-1911)
Booker T. Washington, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, holding newspaper
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Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)

Explore Global African History

Malcolm Gladwell
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Malcolm Gladwell (1963- )
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Josef Kony (1961?- )/Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)
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Antananarivo, Madagascar (1600s- )
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José Manuel Jiménez Berroa (1855–1917)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Henrietta Lacks and the Debate Over the Ethics of Bio-Medical Research
Edythe Turnham and Her Knights of Syncopation, Seattle, 1925
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Race, Gender, Jazz & Local 493: Black Women Musicians in Seattle: 1920-1955
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The Association for the Study of African American Life and History: A Brief History
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Working the Quincy Mill: African American Lumber Mill Workers in Northern California, 1926-1955

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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